This indicator measures the number of patients that have been removed from the elective surgery waiting list as admitted to the hospital (or contracting hospital) and receiving their waiting list procedure.

Collection and usage attributes

Computation description:

The definitions applied are consistent with the national definitions used for reporting against the National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hospital Services. The definitions applied include admission from the elective surgery waiting list where the planned procedure was completed. This also includes patients admitted for the waiting list as an emergency.

Indicator procedures as defined in the Tasmanian wait list procedure code (TWLPC) set and specify which procedures are included in the calculation of this indicator in accordance with national definitions.

For 2012-13 onwards, this indicator excludes admissions funded by the Tasmanian Government Endoscopy and Elective Surgery Initiative and the National Partnership Agreement on Improving Health Services in Tasmania.

Data is obtained from the [OfferOutcomeRefId] field in Health Central and only includes records with the 'Offer to come in' code of Patient admitted - treatment complete.

Data Element / Data Set

Data Element

The [SourceIdentifier] field from the PIC.Dim_Endo$4Mill and PIC.Dim_NPAIHST tables in Health Central is the unique identifier to identify the activities funded by the Tasmanian Government Endoscopy and Elective Surgery Initiative and the National Partnership Agreement on Improving Health Services in Tasmania.

The [SourceIdentifier] field is the ProviderSpellRefNo and is unique to the Waiting List. Internally it is also referred to as the FactWaitingList.SourceIdentifier.